The Fair Share Report

1 Dodd St

Montclair, NJ 07042

The town corrects for market drift once a year — but only on average. This report measures whether this house drifted with the herd or away from it.

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $788,760

Likely range $633,601 – $1,047,873, from 12 comparable Montclair sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

56.26%

The state's official measure of how far Montclair assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $788,760 home should be assessed near $443,756.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$478,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $34,344 above what the ratio math suggests (7.7%).

Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Montclair home

$3.516 per $100 assessed

$2.019 Schools · 57% $0.575 County · 16% $0.922 Town · 26%

Step 5 · The bill

$16,810/yr
Public schools$9,653
Essex County$2,749
Town of Montclair$4,408
Montclair average$22,487

This home vs. every recent Montclair sale · assessed ÷ market

Town median 49.3%
This home · 60.6%

33%81%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Montclair's normal band. The drift hasn't singled it out — no case for a tax appeal.

The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
38 MONTAGUE PLACE2025-10$955,0001,56441.9%
53 MISSION STREET2025-01$647,0001,58238.3%
68 CHESTNUT STREET2026-04$600,0001,55352.1%
34 MONTCLAIR AVENUE2026-04$1,130,0001,65439.2%
63 GREENWOOD AVENUE2026-01$840,0001,84539.9%
287 ORANGE ROAD2025-12$650,0001,70260.8%
62 MONTAGUE PLACE2025-12$875,0001,55162.3%
57 UNION STREET C40512026-02$750,0001,54860.6%
41 FOREST STREET2025-06$899,2001,93840.3%
24 WILLIAM STREET2025-01$585,0001,27247.6%
38 WILLOWDALE AVENUE2025-07$925,0001,45236.3%
210 VALLEY ROAD2025-11$1,250,0001,74043.0%

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